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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas R. Lyon, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Gregory A. Guederian, Naples, FL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas R. Lyon, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Gregory A. Guederian, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elongated cannula with an inner tube that is designed to cooperate with a corresponding outer tube. The cannula may include a cam mechanism, a plurality of flexible members designed to expand and deploy when the inner and outer tubes move relative to each other, and a pressure ring disposed on the outer tube. The inner and outer tubes are slidably moveable relative to each other in at least one direction.